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REVERSE SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY
William J. Robertson, MD. UT Southwestern Orthopedics 1801 Inwood Rd. Dallas, TX 75390-8882. Office: (214) 645-3300. Fax: (214) 3301. REVERSE SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY . The SHOULDER is a ball and socket joint that enables you to raise, twist, bend and move your arms forward, to the sides and behind you. The head of the upper arm bone (humerus) is the ball and a circular depression (glenoid) in the SHOULDER bone (scapula) is the socket. A. soft tissue rim (labrum) surrounds and deepens the socket. The head of the upper arm bone is coated with a smooth, durable, covering (articular cartilage) and the joint has a thin, inner lining (synovium) for smooth movement.
Precautions: There is a higher risk of shoulder dislocation following a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) than with conventional shoulder replacement. Stability and mobility of the shoulder joint is now dependent upon the deltoid and periscapular
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